Nov...you know I want to, unfortunately the timing is crap. My son Will's birthday is Oct 15th, I'm doing the PT thing the day before and I'm sure Gooner's got me lined up for something else that week too...I have this every year now, I don't know what it is about that week but the good gigs seem to crop up on or around Will's birthday.

Wow! SB were amazing! The crowd was small, which was a shame, but their enthusiasm must have been a great confidence booster for the guys.

They played all of X, plus another hour or so of stuff from their other nine albums, including June, On A Perfect Day, The Doorway, plus many others.

They played a song from Ryo's solo album KAMIKAZE, which was a real crowd pleaser. Ryo jammed on the mellotron for awhile, which gave me goosebumps. Everyone was in top form, concentrating solely on the music and not goofing around much onstage like they usually do.

Just got back from CalProg. Here are some of the better photos I took. Ambrosia was insanely great!

MiRthkonThis Oakland, California band plays a quirky Zappa-esque brand of electronic jazz fusion with lots of comedy thrown in. Very talented bunch, but a little goes a long way. They played for an hour or so.

Disctrict 97This Chicago-based band has a wonderful singer by the name of Leslie Hunt (American Idol finalist). They reminded me a lot of Missing Persons, but with a lot more talent. There's lots of room for them to grow, but they're heading in the right direction with their progressive songwriting.

RPWLWhat can I say? These guys are consummate performers. Fun to watch and their music is addicting. The new bass player (Chris Postl left the band) had great stage presence, and was able to fit in with no problems whatsoever.

AmbrosiaI can't say enough great things about these guys. You must get out and buy their CDs. If you love early to mid 1970s progressive rock, they were leading the way, at least here in America. It was unbelievable how they were able to electrify the audience and perform way beyond anyone's expectations. These guys could teach today's prog masters a thing or two. Simply amazing!

Btw, my internet is down due to a rather nasty virus w32/Rambit.C which placed 2787 infections across my hard drive.yesterday and spent 7 hours trying to scan and repair everyting. Files all corrupt so beware this and do not use Virgin Media's security package - it is sh*t and they will be hearing from me. Reformating on Sunday so nothing from me for a little while. Oh, and lost my review of DM's super album so will have to redo it.